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B. J. BONN. UMBRBLLA HOLDER.

Patented May 12,1891.

W/T/VESSES UNIT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICEG BARBARA J. BONN, OF NE7 YORK, N. Y.

.uMBRl-:LLA-.HOLDER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,253, dated May 12, 1891.

Application led April 8, 1890. Serial No. 347,019. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARBARA J. BONN, of the city, county, and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Umbrella- Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a device adapted to retain umbrellas, canes, or other articles at store-counters while their owners are examining goods or otherwise engaged when shopping; and the invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device of this character, which will temporarily clamp and hold an umbrella, cane, or other article and prevent it falling upon the floor and being soiled, broken, or lost.

The invention will iirst be described, `and then Will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the use of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of my improved umbrella-holder. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the device, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view taken on the lines m o: of Figs. 2 and 3.

My improved umbrella-holder is made with a casing A, forming a box to contain the operative parts of the device, which consist of a hook B, journaled in top and bottom walls of the casing, a camlever C, held to and turning with the axis or journal of the hook, a rod or bar D, pivoted at one end to the cam and passing freely through a guide-lug a cast on the casing, and a spring, preferably a spiral spring E, placed upon the further end of the rod outside of or beyond the lug a, and held on the rod by a retaining-washer. F, and a pin f passed through the rod behind the washer. The pin f may alone be used, or any other suitable retainer, such as a collar on the rod, may be employed, if desired. Aloop F,

end b ofthe axis or journal Z) of the hook B to be slipped into its bearing in the bottom plate of the casing after the squared or {iatsided portion b2 of the hook-axis is passed into acorrespondingly-shaped opening in the camlever C, and then allow the top plate to be applied, so that a round hole in it shall form a bearing for the upper end b3 of the hook axis or journal, whereupon the top plate is secured by screws or rivets b4 to lugs on the main body of the casing. This top plate a extends at both ends beyond the body of the casing to allow screws g g to be passed through it into that outer ledge portion g of the top of a goods or store counter G, which projects beyond the front or vertical face of the counter. The front or outer side 0,20 the casing A is provided with ahorizontal slot a3, through which the umbrella-clamping hook B passes when it is drawn outward by its loophandle F, and this loop is accommodated in a recess a4 in the outer face of the front plate a2 of the casing, so as to have it lie back within the face-line of the casing to prevent it catching on the clothing of customers passing by or examining or purchasing goods at the counter. The entire casing is for the same reason set about iiush with or a little back of the outer edge of the counter-top. The hook B is'preferably provided at its concaved inner face or side with a felt or other suitable fabric facing b5, which prevents scratching or marring of an umbrella-handle or other article retained by the hook.

The operation of the device is very simple and effective, as it is only necessary t0 grasp the loop-handle F, and by it draw or turn the hook B outward through the casing-slot a3, and then slip the handle h of an umbrella H, or a cane or any other article to be supported, into the hook. Drawing out the hook will turn the cam C and move the rod D endwise,

and thereby compress the spring E between the lug a and retainer F, so that when the hook is released after the umbrella, cane, or other article is placed within it, the spring by its expansion will draw the hook inward again to clamp and securely hold the umbrella or cane to the counter, as shown in Fig. l, and in dotted lines in Fig. 4E of the drawings, and prevent the article falling ilat onto the floor IOO and becoming soiled. The umbrella orother article may be almost instantly removed by simply drawing it to one side out of the hook, or by first drawing back the hook and then slipping the article out from it, and when the hook is released or is not held open by the umbrella the spring E will instantly draw the hook into the casing A and the loop-handle F into the easing-recess a4, and all will then be out of the way of persons passing alongside the counter, so as not to catch upon their clothing, as will readily be understood.

I am not limited to the precise form of the device herein shown and described, as various modifications may be made Within the scope of my invention. For instance, modified forms of the spring-actuated hook device may be made for attachment to opera-chairs or other articles of furniture for holding uinbrellas or canes thereto in substantially the same manner as they may be held to the storecounter, as above described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combinatiomin an umbrella-holder, with a case having an opening in its front wall, of a pivoted spring-acted hook Within the case and curved in the direction of the front Wall and disposed in line with the opening in the latter, the spring of the hook no1-- mally maintaining the hook within the case, and a depending handle pivoted to the back of the hook and extending along the outer face of the casing to avoid catching the clothing of passers-by, substantially as described.

2. In an umbrella-holder, the combination, with a case A, formed With an opening a3 in its front wall and with a vertical recess or depression a in said wall, of a pivoted springacted hook B Within said case, and a handle F, pivotally secured to the back of the hook outside of the ease to gravitate into the rccess a", substantially as described.

In an umbrella-holder, the combination of a casing adapted for attachment to acounter, a hook journaled in the casing, a cam-lever at the hook-journal, a rod pivoted to said lever and guided in the casing, and a spring retained on the rod and normally drawing the hook within the casing, substantially as described.

fl. In an umbrella-holder, the combination of a casing having a face-slot aand recess a4, a hook j ournaled in top and bottom parts or Walls of the casing, a cani-lever C, Iitted to turn with the hook, a rod D, connected to the lever and guided in the casing, a spiral spring E, fitted on the i'od and normally drawing the hook Within the casing, and a loop-handle F on the hook and adapted to lie Within the casing-recess a4, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

BARBARA J. BONN.

IVtnesses:

ALPHoNsE J. BONN, HENRY L. GOODWIN. 

